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- Publisher: BCA (2005)
- ASIN: B0010K0QP8
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
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The day I died started out bad and got worse in a hurry. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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I have to confess that I had no great expectations on opening the first page of this book and so was surprised when I had read several chapters without even trying. This book, which looks to be the first one of a series, sees the main character Betsy die and become the Queen of the Vampires. A good plotline, yes, but what makes this book far from the run of the norm, is that it doesn't take itself seriously at all, and is in fact hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing in places, it was that funnily written, and if the next one in the series is written with the same humourous and light-hand then I will be well and truly hooked! One word of caution though: this book is written in the first person (Betsy's POV), so it may not be to everyone's bookreading taste. I don't mind first person books, and in this case I think it suited the style of book. Final recommendation: anyone who enjoys the Sookie Stackhouse books will almost certainly enjoy this one too.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Betsy Taylor has just been sacked from her secretarial job, her main worry being that now she won't be able to afford the designer shoes her shoul craves. Then she is killed in a car crash. She wakes up in the morgue and is outraged to find that her stepmother has dressed her in CHEAP shoes! She finds that she is now immensely strong, fast and charismatic, can't take solid food and has a craving to drink blood. The truth dawns on her that she is a vampire!
Betsy runs into trouble when she meets othe vampires who are shocked by her refusal to conform. She insists on letting her family and friends know about her undead state (her stepmother is livid), she is squeamish about drinking blood, attends church, isn't afraid of crosses and doesn't burn up in sunlight. She isn't just any old vampire, she's the QUEEN of the Vampires, and doesn't want to be. She is pursued by sexy hunk vampire Sinclair and his cohorts, who want to enlist her help in destroying the corrupt vampire master Nostro, who treats other vampires like slaves.
Betsy is a very endearing heroine. Her passion for shoes, her enthusiasm for 'Gone With the Wind' (she really identifies with Scarlett), her courage, her generosity and her resolute refusal to conform to vampire standards, all make her a very likeable and human character. There are strong supporting characters too, especially Betsy's rich, abrasive black friend Jessica, and of course sexy hunk Sinclair, and an exciting and funny story. A real treat.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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If Bram Stoker walked onto the set of Sex and the City and decided to pen a novel then I'm pretty sure he'd come up with something very like Undead and Unwed. At last we have a modern day Vampire Queen, a member of the undead more concerned with her Manolo's or whether her roots need retouching than acting like a typical denizen of the night.
We learn that Elizabeth Taylor (... ouch aka Betsy) is attacked a few months earlier. Screaming blue murder, she is lucky to escape with only bruises and bites, unaware her garlic breath saved her life. I can't say Betsy's luck improves as she is later hit by a car, sustaining none survivable injuries. She is therefore pretty bewildered when she wakes up in a funeral parlour and absolutely furious to discover her stepmother has dressed her in second hand clothes and cheap shoes. Spending the next few hours trying to finish the job the car failed to do and facing off potential muggers and rapists, she correctly concludes that she is an invincible vampire after displaying her super strength, speed and elongated fangs.
Betsy is an ex-model who firmly believes that just because you're dead, you shouldn't lose your fashion sense. She cannot believe the cliches that abound, vampires in tuxedoes and swirling black capes ... puhleese, and with her strange new abilities she suddenly finds herself a man magnet (not that she wasn't cute before). Completely flouting vampire tradition she glibly approaches family and friends, intent on carrying on with her life . Her mother and best friend Jessica are overjoyed to see her again and don't care about her new dietary needs. As Besty is introduced to other members of the vampiric race, we learn that she really is something special; crosses and holy water don't bother her and she has the ability to abstain from feeding (eeek!!), an event she isn't looking forward to.
Ms Davidson writes firmly tongue in cheek and many of the scenes in this book are hilarious as Betsy adjusts to her new life (or death) as a Vampire Queen, complete with a destined hunky blood sucking consort. This book was a lighthearted romp which brightened my day considerably. Long live (or not) Queen Betsy!!
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Make room for Betsy!!!
Move over Gerry Bartlett there is a new vampire Queen in town and her name is Betsy. I am a huge fan of vampire stories but MaryJanise brings something compleatly new and exiting,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by holza
Entertaining and good fun
This was a light, fluffy and entertaining book. While it wasn't laugh-out-loud funny it did make me smile although I found some bits slightly irritating as the main character... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Katy May
ndead and unwed
this is part of the shopaholic queen of the vampires series. they are funny and maddening at the same time you feel like wringing her neck at times or biting if you so whis. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. J. Riley
Hurrah for Betsy
Maryjanice Davidson - what a find. I originally picked up 'Undead and Unemployed' in my local library with a view that my teenage daughter (who has mightily enjoyed the Twilight... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Katie D
Great read!
What a brilliant book! I was captured by the story from the first page and found it hard to put my Kindle down! Read more
Published 9 months ago by lankylil
very funny, modern outake on vampires
This book is very humerous, not for kids 2 read as alot of swearing and sexual encounters. betsy is the main character and has been turned into a vamp, but is still interested in... Read more
Published 10 months ago by heva6
All Hail the new Queen in town
First off I'd like to say that I believe this was the first paranormal romance book I ever read. Reading it long before hearing of such titles as Twilight or Vampire Diaries. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Paul Jutras
Dont be put off my the cover and title.
So Undead and Unwed is about Betsy a secretary who died on what was her worst day in life so far. How did she die, not by a vampire draining or change, no her evil cat Gisele sorta... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Rebecca
all hail queen betsy :-)
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE SERIES OF 'QUEEN BETSY' BOOKS, IT IS LIGHT HEARTED HUMOROUS SEXY AND INTERESTING, THEY ARE A QUICK READ, THE PLOT ISN'T OVERCOMPLICATED EITHER, THE... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. E. J. Stoll
Soooo Funny!
Wow - what a book! I laughed out loud from beginning to end! I can't wait to read the rest of the series. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by SC
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